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> That's the entire point. It's a piece of information that even when it's known by everyone still can't be reproduced. And yet, it can be reproduced. So it se
by philovivero 5y ago
> That's the entire point. It's a piece of information that even when it's known by everyone still can't be reproduced.
And yet, it can be reproduced. So it seems like the entire point is... invalid.
- Spivak 5y agoProduce me a living breathing human with a chosen fingerprint -- biometrics are not "a picture of your fingerprint is the password."
- fragmede 5y agoBut similar to hash collisions, a total break (arbitrary hash values can be output) isn't required for it to be a problem. Where fingerprint scanners aren't magic (especially given the sloppiness of input data), that they're defeatable in corner cases should be enough to be worrisome.
- Spivak 5y agoRight but exactly like hashing you can set the difficulty of breaking it to your risk tolerance. Your phone should probably be a little loose but the retina scanner at the datacenter of the dod will be a lot stricter.
- imwillofficial 5y agoThat’s not a thing (Re: dod)
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- ranger_danger 5y agoNot sure about DoD specifically but many datacenters absolutely employ retina scanners, LG makes a very popular line of them.